That's still almost an hour each way with the US class 1 ebike limit of 20mph. Not really doable for me or most people purely from a time usage stand point, not to mention 2 hours in the weather if it's poor.
An electric motorcycle would be a lot more interesting to me, because it's not held up by the stupid US ebike laws with such low speed limits.
Well sure, but if you add another 2 hours to get groceries on top of your commute that becomes kind of difficult right?